Posts published in “Mississippi”

BSU: My family away from home

September 14, 2020

By Tori JonesCorrespondent When I think about the Baptist Student Union (BSU) at Co-Lin Community College, the word that comes to mind is “family.” I’ve…

Thank you for giving to the Lord through your support of Cooperative Program ministries

September 14, 2020

Mississippi Baptist disaster relief crews mobilizing for ministry across Louisiana after Hurricane Laura devastation

ON THEIR WAY – John Henry (right), chainsaw teams coordinator for Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief (MBDR), prays Aug. 29 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton with the first contingent of MBDR volunteers to depart for Lake Charles, La., to help provide ministry at a 10,000-plus meals per day mass feeding operation in that community hit hard by Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27. (Photo by Roddy Reed)

Mississippi Baptist disaster relief crews mobilizing for ministry across Louisiana after Hurricane Laura devastation

September 10, 2020

Mississippi lawmakers join chorus asking President to cease federal funding for research on live human embryos

Mississippi lawmakers join chorus asking President to cease federal funding for research on live human embryos

September 10, 2020

2020 annual session of the Mississippi Baptist Convention postponed

POSTPONED – Members of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, practicing social distancing during their meeting Aug. 25 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton, heard convention president Ken Hester announce that the 2020 annual session of the Mississippi Baptist Convention will be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by William Perkins)

2020 annual session of the Mississippi Baptist Convention postponed

September 3, 2020

Messengers celebrate 100 years
of Cooperative Program giving
DALLAS (BP) — During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving. Referencing Joshua 4, he shared the story of God instructing His people to gather 12 commemorative stones from the Jordan River and to create a memorial to the miracle of God, who stopped the river so the Israelites could cross on dry ground. The memorial had two purposes, Iorg said. First, it was a reminder in verses 6-9 to celebrate a historic event when the river stopped flowing, and they walked on dry ground. Second, in verses 6-7, it was an object lesson for future generations. In a similar way, throughout this convention, Southern Baptists are erecting memorial stones of 100 years of cooperation demonstrated through the Cooperative Program, Iorg said. “We point to missionaries sent, churches started, students educated, institutions built and most of all, people saved because Southern Baptists have contributed more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program in the past 100 years.”